Awjila Text VIII

Yəškí iwín n əlʕáləm iddəhwár lhəwáyyi u yəqqím iddəhwár ašál-i kkúll inə́ššəd əlʕulamá u iġəllə́b-tən u nəttín iddəhwár ir iṭúg Žḥá.
‘A scholar left and always went around outside and he started going around in the whole village and he would always ask scholars and beat them and he was going around until he met Juha.’

Yəškí ‘to leave’ pf.3sg.m.

iwín ‘one’

n Genitive particle

əlʕáləm ‘scholar’

iddəhwár ‘to go around’ impf.3sg.m.

lhəwáyyi ‘the outside’

u ‘and’

yəqqím ‘to stay’ pf.3sg.m., used as an inchoative auxiliary.

iddəhwár ‘to go around’ impf.3sg.m.

ašál- ‘village’

-i Locative particle

kkúll ‘all, whole’

inə́ššəd ‘to ask’ impf.3sg.m.

əlʕulamá ‘scholars’

u ‘and’

iġəllə́b- ‘to best s.o., defeat s.o.’

-tən 3pl.m. direct object pronoun

u ‘and’

nəttín ‘he’

iddəhwár ‘to go around’ impf.3sg.m.

ir ‘until’

iṭúg ‘to meet’ pf.3sg.m.

Žḥá Personal name

Bəʕədén inšə́t-t w-in-ís: mag ínni ənnúṣṣ ən təmúrt kkúll?
‘Afterwards he asked him and he said: Where is the center of the whole world?’

Itəḥə́yyər əlʕáləm w-inšə́t-t: ammágwa əlʕə́dəd nə-nǧúm?
‘The scholars was confused and asked him: How much is the number of stars?’

Itəḥə́yyər ‘to be confused’ pf.3sg.m.

əlʕáləm ‘scholar’

w- ‘and’

inšə́t- ‘to ask’ pf.3sg.m. with assimilated final t.

-t 3sg.m. direct object pronoun

ammágwa ‘how much?’

əlʕə́dəd ‘number’

nə- Genitive particle

nǧúm ‘stars’

In-ís Žḥá: d-əlʕə́dəd n ažə́vu n aẓiəṭ-ənnúk, əndú tṣəddəqt-íya-ká əḥsə́b ənǧúm w-əḥsə́b ažə́vu n aẓiəṭ-ənnúk.
‘Juha said: It is the number of hairs of my donkey, and if you don’ t believe me cound the stars and count the hairs of my donkey.’

in-ís ‘to say’ pf.3sg.m. with 3sg indirect object pronoun

Žḥá Personal name

d- copula

əlʕə́dəd ‘number’

n Genitive particle

ažə́vu ‘hairs’

n Genitive particle

aẓiəṭ- ‘donkey’

-ənnúk 1sg. possessive

əndú ‘if’

tṣəddəqt-…-ya ‘to believe’ res.2sg.

-í 3sg.m. direct object pronoun

-ká Negative particle

əḥsə́b ‘to count’ imp.sg.

nǧúm ‘stars’

w- ‘and’

əḥsə́b ‘to count’ imp.sg.

ažə́vu ‘hairs’

n Genitive particle

aẓiəṭ- ‘donkey’

-ənnúk 1sg. possessive

Bəʕədén yənšə́t-t amə́dən u in-ís: ammágwa əlʕə́dəd n ažə́vu n tamirt-ənnúk?
‘Then the man asked him and said: How much is the number of hairs of my beard?’

Bəʕədén ‘afterwards’

yənšə́t- ‘to ask’ pf.3sg.m. with assimilated final t.

-t 3sg.m. direct object pronoun

amə́dən ‘man’

u ‘and’

in-ís ‘to say’ pf.3sg.m. with 3sg indirect object pronoun

ammágwa ‘how much?’

əlʕə́dəd ‘number’

n Genitive particle

ažə́vu ‘hairs’

n Genitive particle

tamirt- ‘beard’

-ənnúk 1sg. possessive

In-ís Žḥá: əlʕə́dəd n ažə́vu n tamirt-ə́nnək am əlʕə́dəd n ažə́vu n azíf n aẓiṭ-ənnúk w-əndú tṣəddəqt-í-ya-ká əḥsə́b.
‘Juha said: The number of hairs of your beard are like the number of hairs of the tail of my donkey, and if you don’t believe me, count!’

in-ís ‘to say’ pf.3sg.m. with 3sg indirect object pronoun

Žḥá Personal name

əlʕə́dəd ‘number’

n Genitive particle

ažə́vu ‘hairs’

n Genitive particle

tamirt- ‘beard’

ə́nnək 2sg.m. possessive

am ‘like’

əlʕə́dəd ‘number’

n Genitive particle

ažə́vu ‘hairs’

n Genitive particle

azif ‘tail’

n Genitive particle

aẓiəṭ- ‘donkey’

-ənnúk 1sg. possessive

w- ‘and’

əndú ‘if’

tṣəddəq(t)-…-ya ‘to believe’ res.2sg.

-tí 3sg.m. direct object pronoun

-ká Negative particle

əḥsə́b ‘to count’ imp.sg.

Bəʕədén ittəwwíyəl amə́dən u yəkrí yəndíma.
‘Then the man was dumbfounded and he returned being sad?’